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Reminiscences .. Left to right: Martha Penner, Donald Toews, Marjorie Unger, Carl Doerksen, Helen Barkman, Norman Plett 1962 Hi students. It is indeed encouraging to know that you have decided to publish another edition of the Blue and Gold. The yearbook helps to trans¬ mit school activities to the people of the community. The name “Blumenhof High” will bring back many memories to the ex-students, I am sure. I hope that most of these memories are fond ones. I was asked to enumerate some of the high¬ lights of the last school year. These would include events such as moving the high school to its pre¬ sent location, the Christmas social, a field trip, certain sports activities, and last but not least graduation. Certainly most students look back on last year as a success for the reason that all but a few of the June papers were passed. This is something of which to be proud. I sincerely hope that this year the high standards will be maintained as you con¬ tinually strive for success. In closing, I would like to wish all present and future students the best of luck in the vocational fields of their choice. Carl Doerksen
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1961 Once more that awful time for the June exams with the stiff departmental papers had rolled a- round. The Grade XI class had had its laughs and cries over those papers. “What did you write for number 26 on that Biology exam?” “Which topic did you write on in Composition?” “Did you get that last question in Macbeth?” These question filled the corridors for a while. Only one of us seemed glum. “Who was the author of Macbeth?” someone wise-cracked to him. “I don’t know,” he sulked. “I never met him..’ The next day was last examination. All of us were dreading it. Finally the time came for us to sit down and accept our fate. The exam, of course, was Mathematics. The day was extraordinarily hot, and there was no breeze. Windows were pushed wide open, for a little bit of fresh air, but seeming¬ ly to no avail. A few fans in the classroom were howling loudly enough to drive anyone batty under the strain. It was so hot and clammy, clothes clung to bodies. The room was crowded because so many correspondence students came to write their ex¬ ams in school. Outside tractors were humming in the fields, birds were flitting about as free as the air, a cat sauntered across the road in quest of mice. Busy bees paused at sight of the open window and settl¬ ed on the blooming flowers on the window sills. A sprinkler was cooling the flowers in the garden near the school. Robins chirped about under the spray, and flew off refreshed. The whirr of a hand- powered lawn mower could be heard. A hoe was scraping its way through the rows of vegetables. Across the road, chickens squawked noisily. Listen! A meadow lark trills on top of that fence post near the gate. See it? Oh, how longingly we gazed at the free world outside. Suddenly there was a disturbance in the room. One of the Grade XI’s had suffered long enough. But no, he never suffered at all. This was his fa¬ vourite subject! !The rest of us glared at him envi¬ ously, and determined to get done with our papers in a hurry. After another hour or so, there was suddenly a great commotion of papers hastily swept together and scanned over, pencils thrown down on desks, one person signed his name with a flourish, and another made a finel i dot with a loud bang, and off we went. Some of us were pretty gloomy, but after a discussion in the hall, our chins lifted and optimistically we said, “Maybe we’ll do better in August. June was never made for writing examinations.” Della Loewen 1960 Many fond memories return to my mind as I turn my thoughts back to the school term of ’59-’60 at good old Blumenhof High. First of all there was opening day, August 27, 9 a.m. The bell rang out once more after having had two months vacation welcoming the students back to their studies. From the east and from the west, from the home and from the farm students were drawn together at Blumenhof by a great force, a common purpose to further their education. “Some” students came the first day, some the first month and some the first day of the new year but finally we were all there, one big happy family. United we were there in our efforts to conquer new fields, to master the sub¬ jects: German, history, math, science, and literature. But after the periods of difficult, rough, tough men¬ tal strain came the break with relaxation out in the fresh air on the soccer field or on the ball diamond. Adding my personal testimony I feel that these times out on the play ground were of great value to me, not only in relieving mental fatigue and de¬ veloping and strengthening friendships but also in challenging me with the realization that the juni¬ ors were looking up to me as a senior. What kind of an example was I? What was the impression I left of my Saviour and Lord? Was Christ’s indwel¬ ling presence evident in my life? Did my life show that Christ was the answer even for their every need? These were searching questions and I realize that in many cases I fell short but I am thankful that God’s holy hand of mercy is still extended to¬ day to wretched sinners who come to Him in re¬ pentance through Christ. One of the highlights of the year was a visit to Iberville Colony, a Hutterite Colony on the Assi- niboine River north-west of Headingley. The day was cold and blustery and even though our hopes of doing some fishing were disappointed we spent a worthwhile day together. Coming onto the yard of the colony close to noon we were met by four big hungry greyhounds. To our relief they were more interested in a cat that had challenged their dignity than in us. We were made to feel welcome and shown into the dining hall for one of their Continued on page 26 PAGE 25
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